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IBM® i5/OS® integration with BladeCenter® and System x™ allows businesses to operate heterogeneous environments that include Intel®-compatible servers running Microsoft® Windows®, VMware® ESX or Linux® applications in addition to core business applications on i5/OS™.

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Note: For information about running i5/OS on POWER™ processor-based blades, see the V6R1 Blades page.
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System i integration with BladeCenter via iSCSI Windows, VMware ESX and Linux integration now supported via iSCSI
i5/OS solutions now support integration with IBM BladeCenter and System x models via iSCSI.
(9 May 2006; revised 14 September 2007)
Recent developments
IBM i5/OS V6R1 announced.
i5/OS V6R1 provides support for storage space snapshots, VMware VMotion, Windows Server 2008 and more.
See the V6R1 Enhancements page for details
(29 January 2008)
Windows supported on iSCSI attached System x3850 M2 servers.
See the BladeCenter and System x models supported with iSCSI page for details.
(21 December 2007)
IBM Announces Support for System x PCIe iSCSI HBAs in Windows servers.
See the iSCSI host bus adapter (iSCSI HBA) page for details. See the IBM i PTFs page for required PTFs.
Note: PCIe iSCSI HBAs are not supported with VMware ESX and Linux servers.
(7 December 2007)
Support for VMware® ESX Server on iSCSI Attached BladeCenter and System x Servers now available.
See the VMware ESX on integrated servers web page for details. See the IBM i PTFs web page for the required PTFs.
(14 September 2007)
Product information
New with i5/OS V6R1
(29 January 2008)
 
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iSCSI
System i and BladeCenter/System x integration via iSCSI

iSCSI overview

BladeCenter and System x models supported with iSCSI

Ethernet switches for iSCSI

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ROI with System i

Infrastructure Simplification and the ROI of consolidating Windows, Linux, and AIX 5L applications on IBM System i


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